California's economy has grown to overtake yet another foreign country, putting the state at the fourth-largest in the world if it were to be considered separate from the rest of the U.S.

California Governor Gavin Newsom boasted that his state has become the world’s fourth-largest economy, following only the US, China and Germany in global rankings.

California’s economy continues to dominate and grow at a faster rate than the world’s top economies, with new data showing it has overtaken Japan as